What are a few of your favorite Blues or Jazz songs/singers?? thanks!?!


Question: I like these artists (old & modern) :
Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Incognito, Loston Harris, Etta James, Lena Horne, Carmen McRae, etc there are alot more but I cant think of the names right now..


Answers: I like these artists (old & modern) :
Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Incognito, Loston Harris, Etta James, Lena Horne, Carmen McRae, etc there are alot more but I cant think of the names right now..

British blues bands and musicians.

* Alexis Korner
* Alvin Lee
* The Animals
* Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
* Aynsley Lister
* Billy Nicholls
* Blues Incorporated
* Bluessential
* Carlo Little
* Chicken Shack
* Cream
* Cyril Davies
* Danny Kirwan
* Dave Kelly
* Duster Bennett
* Eric Burdon
* Wild Billy Childish
* Eric Clapton
* The Faces
* Fleetwood Mac
* Foghat
* Ginger Baker
* Graham Bond
* The Hamsters
* The Hoax
* Jack Bruce
* Jeff Beck
* Jeremy Spencer
* Jimmy Page
* Jo Ann Kelly
* John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
* Keith Relf
* Led Zeppelin
* Long John Baldry
* Medicine Head
* Mitch Mitchell
* Mungo Jerry
* Noel Redding
* Paul Jones
* Peter Green
* Pink Floyd
* The Poets
* Ray Dorset
* Rod Stewart
* The Rolling Stones
* Savoy Brown
* The Small Faces
* Steampacket
* Ten Years After
* Terry St Clair
* Them
* Tramp
* T.S. McPhee
* Twice as Much
* Van Morrison
* Whitesnake
* The Yardbirds


Early country blues

* Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900-1954)
* Pink Anderson (1900-1974)
* Barbecue Bob (1902-1931)
* Scrapper Blackwell (1903-1962)
* Black Ace (1907-1972)
* Blind Blake (c. 1893-c. 1933)
* Big Bill Broonzy (1893/1898-1958)
* Richard "Rabbit" Brown (c. 1880-c. 1937)
* Bumble Bee Slim (1905-1968)
* Butterbeans & Susie
* Gus Cannon (1883-1979)
* Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
* Bo Carter (1893-1964)
* Sam Collins (1887-1949)
* Floyd Council (1911-1976)
* Ida Cox (1896-1967)
* Gary Davis (1896-1972)
* Sleepy John Estes (1904-1977)
* Blind Boy Fuller (1908-1941)
* Jesse Fuller (1896-1976)
* Billy Garland (1918-1960)
* Jazz Gillum (1904-1966)
* Shirley Griffith (1908-1974)
* Arvella Gray (1906-1980)
* Smokey Hogg (1914-1960)
* Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
* Son House (c. 1902-1988)
* Peg Leg Howell (1888-1966)
* Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
* Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966)
* Jim Jackson (c. 1884-1937)
* Skip James (1902-1969)
* Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929)
* Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
* Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970)
* Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
* Tommy Johnson (1896-1956)
* Lead Belly(c. 1889-1949)
* Furry Lewis (1899-1981)
* Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
* Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957)
* Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006)
* Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
* Brownie McGhee (1915-1996)
* Blind Willie McTell (1901-1959)
* The Memphis Jug Band
* Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
* Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
* Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
* Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
* Tampa Red (1904-1981)
* Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
* Victoria Spivey (1908-1976)
* Frank Stokes (c. 1888-1955)
* Sonny Terry (1911-1986)
* Henry Townsend (1909-2006)
* Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
* Washboard Sam (1910-1966)
* Curley Weaver (1906-1962)
* Peetie Wheatstraw (1902-1941)
* Bukka White (1909-1977)
* Josh White (1914 or 1915-1969)
* Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948)


Early Urban Blues

* Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)
* Lucille Bogan (1897-1948)
* Georgia Tom Dorsey (1899-1993)
* Lil Green (1919-1954)
* Lucille Hegamin (1894-1970)
* Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
* Papa Charlie Jackson (c.1890-1938)
* Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
* Clara Smith (c. 1894-1935)
* Mamie Smith (1883-1946)
* Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
* Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
* Ethel Waters (1896-1977)


Pre-World War II jazz blues

* Albert Ammons (1907-1949)
* Pink Anderson (1900-1974)
* Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
* Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
* Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
* Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985)
* Floyd Council (1911-1976)
* Walter Davis (1912-1963)
* Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
* Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909-1992)
* Ivory Joe Hunter (1914-1974)
* St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903-1977)
* Meade Lux Lewis (1905-1964)
* Little Brother Montgomery (c. 1906-1985)
* Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
* Kansas Joe McCoy (1905-1950)
* Papa Charlie McCoy (1909-1950)
* Jay McShann (born c. 1916)
* Roy Milton (1907-1983)
* Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
* Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972)
* Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
* Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)
* Sam Taylor (born 1916)
* T-Bone Walker (1910-1975)
* Washboard Sam (1910-1966)


Postwar jazz blues

* Mose Allison (born 1927)
* Charles Brown (1922-1999)
* Roy Brown (1925-1981)
* Ray Charles (1930-2004)
* Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985)
* Floyd Dixon (1929-2006)
* Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909-1992)
* Wynonie Harris (1915-1969)
* Louis Jordan (1908-1975)
* Little Willie Littlefield (born 1931)
* Percy Mayfield (1920-1984)
* Memphis Slim (1915-1988)
* Amos Milburn (1927-1980)
* Pinetop Perkins (born 1913)
* Jimmy Witherspoon (1923-1997)

Kansas City blues

* Walter Brown (1917-1956)
* Jay McShann (c.1916-2006)
* Arnold Moore (1914-2005)
* Jimmy Rushing (c. 1902-1972)
* Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)

Later styles

* Little Hatch (1921-2003)
* Lee McBee (born 1951)


Chicago/Detroit Blues

* Luther Allison (1939-1997)
* Paul Butterfield (1942-1987)
* John Henry Barbee (1905-1964)
* Eddie Boyd (1914–1994)
* James Cotton (born 1935)
* Bo Diddley (born 1928)
* Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
* David Honeyboy Edwards (born 1915)
* Buddy Guy (born 1936)
* Earl Hooker (1929-1970)
* J.B. Hutto (1926-1983)
* Big Walter Horton (1918-1981)
* Elmore James (1918-1963)
* Albert King (1924-1992)
* Freddie King (1934-1976)
* John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
* Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944)
* Robert Nighthawk (1909–1967)
* Pinetop Perkins (born 1913)
* Jimmy Reed (1925-1976)
* Soko Richardson (1939 - 2004)
* Jimmy Rogers (1924-1997)
* Otis Rush (born 1934)
* Magic Sam (1937-1970)
* Johnny Shines (1915-1992)
* Magic Slim (born 1937)
* Otis Spann (1930-1970)
* Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975)
* Eddie Taylor (1923-1985)
* Little Walter (1930-1968)
* Muddy Waters (1915-1983)
* Carl Weathersby (born 1953)
* Junior Wells (1934-1998)
* Howlin' Wolf (1910-1976)
* Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) (c. 1899-1965)


Modern blues (post 1950s)

* James Anthony (Pecchia) (born 1955)
* Etta Baker (1913-2006)
* Marcia Ball (born 1949)
* Elvin Bishop (born 1942)
* Bobby Blue Bland (born 1930)
* Rory Block (born 1949)
* Michael Bloomfield (1944-1981)
* Blues Brothers
* Lonnie Brooks (born 1933)
* Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924-2005)
* Roy Buchanan (1939-1988)
* Eric Clapton (born 1945)
* Albert Collins (1932-1993)
* Johnny Copeland (1937-1997)
* Al Copley (born 1952)
* Robert Cray (born 1953)
* Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
* Snooks Eaglin (born 1936)
* The Fabulous Thunderbirds
* Robben Ford (born 1951)
* Rory Gallagher (1948-1995)
* John Hammond (born 1942)
* Alvin Youngblood Hart [1](born 1963)
* Ted Hawkins (1936-1995)
* Z. Z. Hill (1935-1984)
* John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
* Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
* Hot Tuna
* Colin James (born 1964)
* Etta James (born 1938)
* Jimmy Johnson (born 1928)
* B. B. King (born 1925)
* Freddie King (1934-1976)
* Taj Mahal (born 1942)
* John Mayall (born 1933)
* Keb' Mo' (born 1951)
* Sam Myers (born 1936)
* Odetta (born 1930)
* Rod Piazza (born 1947)
* Lonnie Pitchford (1955-1998)
* Fenton Robinson (1935-1997)
* Roomful of Blues
* Bobby Rush (born 1940)
* Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
* Seasick Steve Dates Unknown Mid 20th Century to Present
* Magic Slim (born 1937)
* Son Seals (born 1942)
* Arbee Stidham (1917-1988)
* Koko Taylor (born 1935)
* Tabby Thomas (born 1929)
* Rufus Thomas (1917-2001)
* Ali Farka Toure (1939-2006)
* Jimmie Vaughan (born 1951)
* Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
* Kazumi Watanabe (born 1953)
* Johnny Winter (born 1944)

Blues since 1990

* Ana Popovic (born 1976)
* Gwyn Ashton
* Tab Benoit (born 1967)
* Deanna Bogart (born 1960)
* Joe Bonamassa (born 1977)
* Kenny Brown
* R. L. Burnside (1926-2005)
* Tommy Castro (born 1959)
* Claudia Carawan (born 1959)
* Joanna Connor (born 1962)
* Shemekia Copeland (born 1979)
* Guy Davis (born 1952)
* Darren Deicide
* Chris Duarte (born 1964)
* Ronnie Earl (born 1953)
* Tinsley Ellis (born 1957)
* Sue Foley (born 1968)
* Anson Funderburgh (born 1954)
* Anthony Gomes (born 1975)
* Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1965)
* Jeff Healey (born 1966)
* Ron Holloway (born 1953)
* Colin James
* Gene Kelton
* Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998)
* Chris Thomas King (born 1964)
* Jonny Lang (born 1981)
* Harry Manx
* Keb Mo' (born 1951)
* Coco Montoya
* Kenny Neal (born 1957)
* North Mississippi All Stars
* Blind Mississippi Morris (born 1955)
* Charlie Parr
* Asie Payton (1937-1997)
* Kelly Joe Phelps
* Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1976)
* Bobby Sowell (born 1947)
* Susan Tedeschi (born 1970)
* Jimmy Thackery (born 1953)


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